Funding diverted to road repairs

Cork County Council is to divert money allocated for road improvements in West Cork to repair roads badly damaged in the region by unprecedented flooding on Jun 28.

The local authority is also looking at introducing text, Twitter, and email alerts for residents in flood-prone areas, especially Clonakilty, which bore the brunt of the damage in the region.

Roughly €2.5m of the estimated €7.6m damage caused countywide to non- national roads occurred in West Cork.